eye-disease

Intensive diabetes treatments give mixed results (Reuters)

Reuters - Aggressive drug treatment to lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol in diabetics does little to prevent heart disease and strokes, but it does help prevent diabetic eye disease, nerve and kidney disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

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Intensive diabetes treatments give mixed results
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eye-disease

Laser Deemed Best Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Steroid injections into the eye slowed diabetes-related eye disease, though lasers remain the treatment of choice because of side effects related to the steroids, new research shows.

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Laser Deemed Best Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy
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